Trump Demands Input On Iran's Next Dictator Like Ordering Off A Bad Menu
KEY POINTS
- •Trump said on Thursday he must be involved in choosing Iran's next leader, opposing Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Ali Khamenei.
- •In January, Trump removed Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and took control of its major oil company, predicting Cuba would fall next.
- •Historically, the US has orchestrated or supported at least 81 foreign interventions from 1946 to 2000, including Iran in 1953 and Guatemala in 1954.
President Trump has upgraded from Twitter rants to full-on foreign leadership consultant, insisting he must vet Iran's next boss—Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the original supreme leader—calling him a 'lightweight' and comparing his role in Venezuela’s Delcy Rodriguez coup like ordering avocados in a hostile restaurant. After swooping to oust Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro in January and grabbing the keys to its oil castle, Trump confidently predicted Cuba was next, stating 'Cuba's going to fall, too,' after 50 years of US patience that’s apparently iced cake in geopolitical bakery. Meanwhile, history’s greatest hits: CIA coups hacking Guatemala in '54 to replace tax-shunning United Fruit Company anti-hero Jacobo Árbenz with general Carlos Castillo Armas, the 'supervised' prime minister Mosaddegh takedown in Iran '53 to protect oil, and an $8 million Chilean Disneyland ride to overthrow Allende in 1970. Guess US democracy export kits always include a side of coups and questionable motives.
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(1 of 3)Trump treating Iran like his Tinder date—swiping left on the son of the supreme leader because 'he’s a lightweight.' Next stop: Cuba, because apparently regime change is now a part-time job.
If Trump can pick Iran’s leader, does he want a subreddit too? Severe democracy calories being burned here.
US coups through history sound less like foreign policy and more like a shady party planner's resume.
Source: Axios | Published: 3/7/2026 | Author: Jason Lalljee
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